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Baglung is a small town in mid-western Nepal. It is about 250km west of the Capital of Nepal and 72mk west of Pokhara, the tourist capital of Nepal. Baglung is also the administrative headquarter of Baglung District which is in Dhaulagiri Zone. It is also the zonal headquarter of Dhaulagiri Zone.
Baglung is built on a plateau overlooking the Kali Gandaki valley. Town with the population of about 30,000 is connected to other small regional town like Beni, Kusma Bazar, Balewa. After the completion of Pokhar-Baglung Highway in the 1990s Baglung has grown up rapidly. Today you can fly to Baglung by air; the airport is in Balewa just south east of Baglung. Majority of the population are Magar.

Baglung Bazar, Baglung, Dhaulagiri - Mid-Western Nepal

I was just going around Basantapur Area to take some photos and this is what I came across. This is what you will see in many places in Kathmandu. After the customers drinks the tea in this glass this is where it goes for washing, on a plastic bowl used by most of the small squeezed hotel to do their dish washing. Are you still interested in drinking tea around Kathmandu’s small shops and hotels?  The service is express though. Choice is yours. Well, welcome to Kathmandu Nepal.

Tara Air has joined other domestic airlines to provide air travel service to the people of Nepal and people visiting Nepal. The aim of Tara Air is to provide access to all over Nepal. Beside carrying passengers Tara Air is also used in aerial photography flight, sky diving, rescue mission and mountain flights.
The website of Tara Air is still incomplete and lack many useful information. Be warned you will not find what you are looking for yet? Don’t know until when? Hope they will look into it soon.

Some of many Nepalese newspapers hanging in Basantapur Area - Kathmandu Nepal. Which one would you like to read? Choice is yours…

Guna Airlines is a domestic airlines of Nepal. The airlines began its operation recently. It operates mainly mountain flights and other flights to destinations like Pokhara and Biratnagar.

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Guna Airlines
G.P.O. Box: 11630
Minbhawan, Kathmandu, Nepal

Tel: 977-1-4488300
Fax: 977-1-4465083
Email: info@guna.com.np

The old lady here is Mrs. Limbu (Limbuni) she was the chief guest on the day Lumley visited Dharan. Her husband Mr. Limbu had joined the British Gurkhas before WW2. Soon after their marriage the husband was in WW2 fighting for the British crown along with the fellow Gurkha soldiers. No one knows if he is still alive. Even till this day she is waiting for her husband. Does the British Government know about her husband’s status? Does the British Government provide her with pension and widow or family benefits? No, nothing from the British Government, no letters, no pension, no help or allowances from the British Crown/Government for whom her husband fought and served as a Gurkha soldier. Her husband did not hold anything back: life, his newly married wife, families. This old lady is still waiting for her husband with great hope that one day he will come home. This hope of her’s has turned from hours to days, weeks, months, years and may be her lifetime. Today she lives in a  small village called Gacchia in Morang District in Eastern Nepal.
If you want photos and documentary on her then feel free to contact:
www.IkimaNepal.com

This is NOT a British story.
This is a Nepalese Story.
This is the story of Gurkhas and their Wives and Families.

All the young Gurkhas these days are happy to settle in the United Kingdom with their families. But the real and brave Gurkhas the old folks who fought for the British and their interest in WW I, WW II and Malaya who have also won VCs and many other recommendations has been neglected. What about the Gurkha widows?

Would be nice for young Gurkhas to be grateful and consider the older Gurkhas and their widows. The Gurkahs are taught to respect and obey their senior even if they are senior by 1 number. Wish these young Gurkhas would bring this principle into use in regards to older retired Gurkhas and Gurkha widows’ need.

But what is the British Government doing going through useless time wasting procedures? Gurkhas has been loyal, faithful and honest to the British people and the Government they have elected. Now, the British people and the Government should also do the same in return, be honest and faithful in Gurkhas pension and privileges.

Lumley’s visit last year was supposed to be a private visit, but turned to be like the head of the state profile visit. Unknown to many Joanna Lumley became somebody within a week of her visit to Nepal. Her visit to Nepal was regarded as a low profile visit, but when the news spread out amongst the Gurkhas and their families of her arrival. The Gurkhas and their wives and family member from various parts of Nepal turned up at the Kathmandu International Airport to meet and greet her. Media was made aware of this so the all sorts of journos turned up at the scene for the reporting. Ms Lumley, the little known British actress was walking the walk of her life as a celebrity on a carpet to stardom.
She was met and greeted like the head of a state. She met with both the PM and President of Nepal. After 2-3 days she was supposed to arrive at Dharan at 12 noon after visiting Damak, Jhapa. But they were delayed by 3-4 hours. She and her team arrived only at around 4-5pm. We waited for her for hours to take this shot of Ms. Lumley. She was flying high among the Gurkahs and their families.

Darjeeling known as the queen of hills is a Nepalese town on the eastern side of Kanchanjung the third highest mountain in the world. This town has a long history associated with Nepal and the Nepalese. The majority of the population are Nepalese followed by Lepcha people. This historical Nepalese town once was a popular education destination for many Nepalese making education service one of the major bread winning economies of the district.

The Australian Embassy celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relation between Australia and Nepal. The time and the venue of the happy occasion will be seen on the 15 hours of Sunday the 14th of February 2010 outside Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory, Jhamsikhel.

Australia and Nepal have enjoyed their diplomatic relationship for nearly half the century. Nepal is a popular travel and trekking destinations of many foreigners including Australians. Having Australian Embassy in Nepal makes lot easier for Australian citizens living and travelling in Nepal and for Nepalese desiring and planning to visit, study and migrate to Australia. Australian Embassy is located in a place called Bansbari, just outside the ring road, Maharajgung, Kathmandu Nepal. At present Ms Grace is serving as an Australian Ambassador to Nepal.

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Australian Embassy
Bansbari, Kathmandu
PO Box 879
Kathmandu

Tel: 977 1 4371 678
Fax: 977 1 4371 533

Chintan Chautari Restaurant - Itahari, Sunsari - Nepal. Looking towards the east, this house look alike across the Tangra Khola is not a house at all. It was specially just built for one time wedding, similar to the ones you see built for movie set.

You can sit outside but be warned, all the dust of Itahari will be on your food and your plate and drinks. Trust me dust is not in the menu and you don’t have to order or pay for it, but you will be served as a bonus.

The centre of the restaurant. Limbuni woman pouring water to a man who is half Mongolian and half Aryan

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) - The first and the only KFC store in the whole of Nepal, country with the population of about 26 million. The store stands on the west side of Durbar Marga (King’s Way) facing east. I believe it is the same place where once now historical Niraula’s ice-cream used to be.

Inside look of the first KFC store of Nepal. Left hand side is the service desk and on the right hand side are tall chairs and chest high long food table. Chairs are little bit dangerous to sit on as it wobbles and you have more chance of falling from it. It’s not strong and stable like the ones you will find in Australia or US.

KFC Kathmandu: More space to eat - lower fixed seats and tables